Image: “The Threatened Swan,” by Jan Asselijn, 1650, in English Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swan_and_the_Goose#/media/File:De_bedreigde_zwaan_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-4.jpeg … public domain … DESCRIPTION: “A swan protects her nest against a dog. The scene was later turned into a political allegory by referring to the swan as Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, protecting Holland against the Enemy.” … COMMENT: I realize this is a swan rather than a goose. As well, the pugnacious attitude of the swan as it defends its nest does not seem appropriate. Nevertheless, there is something about the obdurate stance of the bird in this painting, confronting as it does a larger foe, that reminds me of the stance of the antisocial personality. The antisocial personality ‘bucks the tide’ of public opinion and societal expectations all his life. His nest eggs, more likely than not stolen from others whom he may have murdered to be on the safe side, is always at risk of discovery and looting by law enforcement, which works not for an Utopian ideal dear to the antisocial personality, but rather for the ‘common good’ as it manifests in the Now.
DESCRIPTION: “A swan protects her nest against a dog. The scene was later turned into a political allegory by referring to the swan as Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, protecting Holland against the Enemy.” …
COMMENT: I realize this is a swan rather than a goose. As well, the pugnacious attitude of the swan as it defends its nest does not seem appropriate. Nevertheless, there is something about the obdurate stance of the bird in this painting, confronting as it does a larger foe, that reminds me of the stance of the antisocial personality. The antisocial personality ‘bucks the tide’ of public opinion and societal expectations all his life. His nest eggs, more likely than not stolen from others whom he may have murdered to be on the safe side, is always at risk of discovery and looting by law enforcement, which works not for an Utopian ideal dear to the antisocial personality, but rather for the ‘common good’ as it manifests in the Now.
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Below are links to one series in a number of astral stories I encountered that involved the catastrophic childhood case studies … in this case, that of ‘Darkling Gosling’.
According to the astral stories, it seemed the ‘Darkling Gosling’ is or was a group leader whose focus was not so much on black magic as it was on the psychic power of mind control. This was one of a number of groups deriving their inspiration from ‘Black Magicker’, a dynamic leader with magnetic powers of attraction. ‘Black Magicker’, according to the astral airs, had passed on quite some while ago.
Student after student went to the ‘Darkling Gosling’ to learn how to control other people’s minds. The technique he used, according to the astral airs, was stimulation of the sex organs followed by electroshock. This created in his young charges aversion to the act of sex.
It was thought by ancient sages that the act of sex diminishes psychic powers, and that was the cause of ‘Darkling Gosling’s’ experimental design for those who came to him to learn the power of mind control. In the disregard for his charges’ mental and physical health implicit in his experimental design, the leader ‘Darkling Gosling’ shares with the leader ‘Lazarus’ an attitude towards medical ethics reminiscent of the medical experiments of Josef Mengele, a physician nicknamed the ‘Angel of Death’ at Hitler’s Auschwitz death camp …
On the astral airs, I noticed the inability of his students (if in fact there are such) to achieve sexual arousal resulted in lifelong sadness; disharmony of what had been unity of intent amongst their subtle bodies and their physical body.
On the physical plane, both male and female students turned to paraphilias such as pedophilia, use of a foreign or inappropriate object (a pen or a fingertip) for the sex act, sadomasochism, bondage and discipline, castratrix or castratrux behavior, lust murder (snuff), or black tantric (reverse kundalini) sexual displays so as to express, in some other way, the act of sex that was prevented by their early electroshock conditioning. These behavioral obstacles will be discussed under the nicknames ‘Castratrux – Basal Vampire’ and ‘Tinkerbell’, whom the astral airs purport to be his students.
As to ‘Darkling Gosling’, I did not hear on the astral plane the terms ‘mafia’ or ‘mob’. As nearly as I could tell, this leader was not directly associated with ‘Heart Vampire’, a man then living (according to the astral stories). Nevertheless it seemed, from the astral airs, that the groups with which ‘Darkling Gosling’ was loosely associated … those deriving from the late leader ‘Black Magicker’ … might sometimes align in purpose with that of ‘Heart Vampire’, or might have passed off, one to the other, potential victims to be fleeced and dispatched for the sake of the coffers of the groups in question.
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…………………………………………….. COMPENDIUM: CATASTROPHIC CHILDHOOD CASE STUDY: ‘DARKLING GOSLING’ top
Below are all the blogs in the series “Catastrophic Childhood Case Study: ‘Darkling Gosling’.”
For the reader who is looking through all the catastrophic childhood case studies, nickname by nickname, In the tables of contents I have bolded blog titles that seem more unique to the nickname in question. If you see no blog titles bolded, then I consider none of the blogs to be relatively unique.
2018
Link: “The Darkling Gosling,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 25 November 2018; published on 10 December 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-b2S ..
Link: “Codeword to Release Mind Control: Avuncular,” by Alice B. Clagett … filmed on 17 November 2018; published on 18 December 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-b7A ..
Link: “Codeword for the Children of Earth: To Escape the Darkling Gosling’s Mental Conditioning,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 6 December 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-b16 …
2019
Link: “For Children: Counterspell to Dissolve the Romeo and Juliet Curse,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 1 August 2019; published on 13 August 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-dXb ..
Link: “For Children: Orkdom and The Darkling Gosling,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 12 August 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-dWR ..
2021
Link: “Catastrophic Childhood Case Studies, Law Enforcement, and the Mirage of Mind Control to Create a New World Order,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 19 May 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-mTk ..
Link: “Organizational Chart of the ‘Black Magicker’ Neo-Hindu Cult That Kills and Key to Nicknames,” by Alice B. Clagett,imaged and published on 19 October 2021; revised on 7 May 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-pou ..
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In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Compiled and published on 13 March 2021; revised on 7 May 2023, on 24 June 2023, and on 18 May 2025
Previously titled: Overview: Catastrophic Childhood Case Study: ‘Darkling Gosling’
Also see the complete Catastrophic Childhood and Astral Case Studies series … Link: “Compendium: All Catastrophic Childhood and Astral Case Studies,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 14 August 2020; updated on 28 April 2022; revised on 23 March 2023, on 26 March 2023, and on 24 June 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jyF ..
Image: “Isle of the Dead,” by Arnold Bocklin, second version, June 1880, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_II_(Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art).jpg … public domain … DESCRIPTION: Charon is the mythical boatman … COMMENT: What must an antisocial personality endure at the moment of death, when Charon the boatman ferries him to the Isle of the Dead? How must he feel, too late discerning the effort of his life was crafted by the erring, fickle mind rather than the great wisdom of the Heart that was his gift from God? How must it be, to sense this priceless human incarnation was purblindly squandered … worse yet, that it brought ruin to the Souls of some, and anguish to the lives of a very great many human beings.
COMMENT: What must an antisocial personality endure at the moment of death, when Charon the boatman ferries him to the Isle of the Dead? How must he feel, too late discerning the effort of his life was crafted by the erring, fickle mind rather than the great wisdom of the Heart that was his gift from God? How must it be, to sense this priceless human incarnation was purblindly squandered … worse yet, that it brought ruin to the Souls of some, and anguish to the lives of a very great many human beings.
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Below are links to one series in a number of astral stories I encountered that involved the catastrophic childhood case studies … in this case, that of ‘Lazarus’.
The man in this astral story is or maybe was a group leader with psychic powers of mind control and black magic skills, an antisocial personality with satyromaniacal impulses and a history of designing and implementing medical and genetic experiments like those of Josef Mengele … a physician nicknamed the ‘Angel of Death’ at Hitler’s Auschwitz death camp …
I note, in the astral stories, that ‘Lazarus’ felt his intent to improve the human race justified his utter disregard for the lives of the little children (purportedly his offspring through rape and murder of the many mothers) who were forced to participate, then murdered if their psychic skills were not both like his own and controllable by him.
I note the astral story that ‘Lazarus’ had a number of sons … who had passed through his gauntlet of ruthlessly inhumane early childhood conditioning. These sons were psychically very gifted, and had antisocial personalities that mirrored his own. I heard the astral rumors that he had them emasculated so that he could better control their behavior.
I note also an ongoing theme of ruling the world as a dictator for the people’s ‘own good’, out of a notion that other people are far inferior to him.
On the astral airs, it seemed this person was the leader of a ‘mind control cult’ or a ‘cult that killed’ (robustly and frequently). This was one of a number of groups deriving their inspiration from ‘Black Magicker’, a dynamic leader with magnetic powers of attraction. ‘Black Magicker’, according to the astral airs, had passed on quite some while ago. The dictatorial leanings of ‘Lazarus’, according to the astral stories, had been reinforced by a similar leaning in ‘Black Magicker’.
As to ‘Lazarus’, I did not hear on the astral plane the terms ‘mafia’ or ‘mob’. As nearly as I could tell, this leader was not directly associated with ‘Heart Vampire’, a man then living (according to the astral stories). Nevertheless it seemed, from the astral stories, that the groups with which ‘Lazarus’ was loosely associated … those deriving from the late leader ‘Black Magicker’ … might have sometimes align in purpose with that of ‘Heart Vampire’, or might have passed off, one to the other, potential victims to be fleeced and dispatched for the sake of the coffers of the groups in question.
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…………………………………………….. COMPENDIUM: CATASTROPHIC CHILDHOOD CASE STUDY: ‘LAZARUS’ top
Below are all the blogs in the series “Catastrophic Childhood Case Study: ‘Lazarus’.” The blogs are in chronological order; the most recent blog is at the bottom of the list.
For the reader who is looking through all the catastrophic childhood case studies, nickname by nickname, In the tables of contents I have bolded blog titles that seem more unique to the nickname in question. If you see no blog titles bolded, then I consider none of the blogs to be relatively unique.
2015
Link: “What to Do About Walk-In Attempts,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 28 June 2015; published on 29 June 2015; revised on 12 June 2016, 23 June 2018, and 13 November 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6Kw ..
Link: “Dealing with Spiritual Adept Shenanigans,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 29 June 2015; published on 3 July 2015; revised … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6K6 ..
Link: “Group Karma,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 October 2015; published on 5 October 2015; transcribed on 20 January 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-46E ..
Link: “A Short-Sighted Demon Elimination Technique,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 31 October 2015; republished on 20 March 2018; revised on 29 July 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-4fQ..
2016
Link: “The Manhood Mental Filter,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 27 April 2016: published on 19 May 2016 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-5if ..
Link: “Amazing Astral Stories: The Darkest Hours . The Last Demon in LA,” by Alice B. Clagett, happened on 1 July 2016; narrated and filmed on 20 July 2016; published on 22 July 2016; revised … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-5T8 ..
Link: “Black Magic and the V— D— Actuator,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 26 November 2016; published on 25 June 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7p8 ..
2017
Link: “Black Magic and the V— D— Actuator,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 26 November 2016; published on 25 June 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7p8 ..
Link: “The Iwo Jima Event: Standing Up, with Courage, to ‘Psychic Attack’,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 16 August 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7vp ..
Link: “Sacrifice of the Innocents Malware,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 21 August 2017; published on 14 September 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7E2 ..
2018
Link: “Ascension Caveats for Very Diverse Groups: Yogis, Mystics, Lightworkers, Spiritual Adepts, Black Magicians, and Others,” by Alice B. Clagett, written on 24 March 2018; revised on 18 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-8xp ..
Link: “The Daemon Lover . an Ancient Myth,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 1 May 2018; revised … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-8BQ ..
Link: “Black Magic and Psychic Crime: A Call to Action,” by Alice B. Clagett, written on 12 May 2018; published on 18 May 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-8HX ..
Link: “Spiritual Adept Shortcuts Series,” by Alice B. Clagett, published on 23 June 2018; revised on 30 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-9su ..
2020
Link: “Black Tantra Warnings: Will You Choose Apocalypse or New Life on New Earth?” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 15 July 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jaU ..
Link: “Kundalini Risen to Protect Against the Predations of Black Magicians,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 25 July 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jgo ..
Link: “Indigenous Creeds, Shamanism and the Experience of Reverse Kundalini,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 30 July 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jjQ ..
Link: “Reverse Kundalini Syndrome,” a new psychological term by Alice B. Clagett, excerpted on 25 August 2020 from a blog written and published on 25 July 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jGC ..
2021
Link: “Catastrophic Childhood Case Studies, Law Enforcement, and the Mirage of Mind Control to Create a New World Order,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 19 May 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-mTk ..
Link: “Organizational Chart of the ‘Black Magicker’ Neo-Hindu Cult That Kills and Key to Nicknames,” by Alice B. Clagett,imaged and published on 19 October 2021; revised on 7 May 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-pou ..
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In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Compiled on 11 March 2021; published on 13 March 2021; revised on 7 May 2023, on 24 June 2023, and on 18 May 2025
Previously titled: Catastrophic Childhood Case Study: ‘Lazarus’
Also see the complete Catastrophic Childhood and Astral Case Studies series … Link: “Compendium: All Catastrophic Childhood and Astral Case Studies,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 14 August 2020; updated on 28 April 2022; revised on 23 March 2023, on 26 March 2023, and on 24 June 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-jyF ..
Image: “Resurreccion de Lazaro,” by Mauricio Garcia Vega, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:001Resurrecci%C3%B3n_de_L%C3%A1zaro.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 … COMMENT: I like the hidden faces in this painting. I see a somewhat sinister face and figure to the right of Lazarus, whose ear, nose and hand can be seen at the crevice between the crypt stone and the crypt. I see a distorted face and hand at the cross-timbers of the cross, as if Christ himself were transformed to the higher realms while bringing Lazarus back to life. I see another, human face beneath the transfixed face that I presumed to be Christ, as if that were the human known as Jesus, watching the miracle take place. There are other mysterious faces in the painting as well.
COMMENT: I like the hidden faces in this painting. I see a somewhat sinister face and figure to the right of Lazarus, whose ear, nose and hand can be seen at the crevice between the crypt stone and the crypt. I see a distorted face and hand at the cross-timbers of the cross, as if Christ himself were transformed to the higher realms while bringing Lazarus back to life. I see another, human face beneath the transfixed face that I presumed to be Christ, as if that were the human known as Jesus, watching the miracle take place. There are other mysterious faces in the painting as well.
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catastrophic childhood case studies, psychiatry, psychology, esoteric, arcana, occult, acting out, antisocial personalities, satyriasis, Lazarus, circle of one, international law, mind control, psychic powers, psychic terrorists, mind control cults, cults that kill, murder, megalomania, medical ethics, government, sedition, treason, common good, genital mutilation, my favorites, compendiums, spiritual adepts, controllers, illuminati,
Then I read in an article written for CNET by Katie Teague and Kelsey Fogarty on 14 September 2021 that the IRS might take 6 months (rather than the usual 3 weeks) to process the tax returns of about 10% of its taxpayers. Here is an update on the state of as-yet-unprocessed returns for tax year 2021 and a similar warning for tax return delays for tax year 2022 … Link: “Your Tax Return Might Be Delayed This Year, the IRS Warns,” by Alicia Adamczyk, 13 January 2022, in Make It … https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/13/irs-warns-there-will-be-delays-processing-2021-tax-returns-and-refunds.html ..
And finally, I read that the United States Post Office is cutting post office hours and lengthening delivery times in a new 10-year plan … Link: “USPS Chief Dejoy Cuts Post Office Hours, Lengthens Delivery Times in New 10-Year Plan,” by Jacob Bogage, 23 March 2021, in The Washington Post …https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/22/usps-dejoy-plan/ ..
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1. ECONOMIC STRESSORS THAT MAY LEAD TO DECENTRALIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT top
I have some thoughts on the state of the nation. Intuitively, I sense economic stressors that may gradually lead to our Federal government taking a lesser role in the governance of the United States, compared to the role of regional alliances of states.
Just to put this into perspective, this might be more of a Libertarian notion as a way of the ruling of the United States, still within the plan of our democracy, but rather different in emphasis from what we have known for a long time as the Democratic / Republican dichotomy.
All this time, Greenpeace and Libertarianism have been on our ballots, so we know they are a part of our democratic process. Only the look and feel of them is quite different, and it may cause us to wonder what is happening in the coming years.
In the coming times, I see the Federal government continuing to provide military defense, social security payments, and leadership in foreign affairs. I also see states taking more initiative in regard to economics for their regions.
As to trade, I see future reliance on established railroad routes and water routes such as the Mississippi River. I anticipate that, should there be a gradual lessening of Federal power, then there might be more trade within an economic region, and less trade globally and nationally.
As to finance, I see potential reliance on barter, with care not to place our financial assets in overseas locations. Local-employment-based credit unions may come into favor as regional savings repositories.
There may be more reliance on those economic sectors that hold strong during recessions … such as locally grown food, locally obtainable building materials, and water supplies not piped in over long distances.
As to economic stressors, I suggest the overarching stressor of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slowly building economic impact of the HIV pandemic, and stress of regional aridity due to long-distance water transport costs,
A socially disruptive stressor is handheld psychosis, which may lead to chaotic events such as mass murders and actions by public utilities, local law enforcement, and the military regarding perceived dangers that do not truly exist. This might precipitate social unrest, especially in regions of the United States pinpointed by the Jade Helm exercises.
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2. CAVEATS REGARDING POSSIBLE LOCI OF SOCIAL UNREST top
In United States cities, the high cost of housing and the increasing phenomenon of homelessness may lead to social unrest and attempted land grabs through anarchist behavior; this is something for which, I feel, every large city mayor and every state government ought to have on hand emergency action plans.
For states in arid regions, emergency anti-anarchist plans ought, I feel, to highlight security of water transport systems. Electrical grids, I feel, might also be an anarchist target.
I have a few examples for you, state by state …
In California, I see a rekindling of the Latin American ideal of revolutionary ardor, with possible attempts by undocumented workers … or documented workers fleeing from crimes in their homelands under false names. These energies might, for instance, take the form of faking murders of homeowners under pretense of COVID deaths. The intent might be a fast flip of real estate for profit for a revolutionary cause. Or such an attempt might be made so as to charge revolutionaries rent on homes acquired through COVID murder. Such murders might take place under the aegis of religious righteousness … or what I might term leftwing terrorism.
In others of the United States, there may be similar energies of fake COVID deaths to espouse other causes, such as black militance, white supremacy, and so on.
In Utah, there might be a Mormon separatist energy because of the seditionist history I have read took place with the founder of Mormonism. (I read that in Wikipedia.)
In Florida, there might be attempts on political power by drug lords from countries to the south. And so on.
We people in large United States cities can be a big help in creating peaceful environments for our children by offering our law enforcement departments volunteer help through neighborhood watch programs.
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3. ON MAINTAINING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN THE FACE OF CHANGE top
It seems unlikely to me that anything would happen in a moment; rather I feel that the United States might very slowly tend towards a model of government more akin to the state by state model of our early years as a nation. We may find, in future, that traveling from one state to the next is a refreshingly new experience. Not everyone may be watching the same thing on television every night anymore; there may be less airline flights from here to there; and so the natural flavor and local color of each region of the United States may become more striking to the casual tourist.
In addition, it may be that some regions of the United States may be more perilous (that is, more dangerous) for tourist travel, as was the case for travelers in the early years of our nation.
I realize the prospect of change can be unsettling. It is good to keep in mind that changes such as those spoken of … if, indeed, change there be … would in all likelihood take place by slow stages, over the course of the next century or two. Thus I feel certain there would be plenty of time to make our plans and find our footing in the new.
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4. POSSIBLE FUTURE UNITED STATES ECONOMIC REGIONS AND TRADE REGIONS top
This section has a series of maps that I have adapted to show possible United States economic regions and trade regions of the centuries that are to come. I would be interested in your comments regarding this intriguing topic of the eventual possibility that the United States government might become less centralized, and more imbued with local flavor and with the strong spirit of our local communities.
HIV-AIDS Pandemic Economic Stressor 1: One Eastern Economic Region Including the Southern States and the Eastern Seaboard
The first map looks like this …
Image: “HIV Pandemic Economic Stressor 1: One Eastern Economic Region Including the Southern States and the Eastern Seaboard,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: To the right of the white line, One Eastern Economic Region including the Southern states and the Eastern Seaboard … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons …
Image: “HIV Pandemic Economic Stressor 1: One Eastern Economic Region Including the Southern States and the Eastern Seaboard,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: To the right of the white line, One Eastern Economic Region including the Southern states and the Eastern Seaboard …
You can see a topographical map of the United States that also shows the aridity … the rainfall. States that are green have more rainfall; states that are yellow, less; and states that are red, very little rainfall. Then I have drawn a white line showing an economic region that includes the Eastern Seaboard and the Southern states.
These states are very much affected right now … more so than the other states … by the HIV and AIDS pandemic. And my thought was that that might act as a stressor that would consolidate that group of states into an economic region …
HIV-AIDS Pandemic Economic Stressor 2: An Eastern Seaboard Economic Region and a Southern Economic Region
This map encompasses the same general region as the prior map, but it is divided into two economic regions. To the right is the Eastern Seaboard, and to the bottom left, the Southern states. There is a yellow line between the two economic regions …
Image: “HIV Pandemic Economic Stressor 2: An Eastern Seaboard Economic Region and a Southern Economic Region,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: To the right of the white line, the earlier Eastern Economic Region divided by the yellow line into two smaller regions: an Eastern Seaboard Region and a Southern Region … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_topo_en.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image: “HIV Pandemic Economic Stressor 2: An Eastern Seaboard Economic Region and a Southern Economic Region,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: To the right of the white line, the earlier Eastern Economic Region divided by the yellow line into two smaller regions: an Eastern Seaboard Economic Region and a Southern Economic Region …
So that would be two regions with their own special, local flavor, their own trade agreements; and maybe closely aligned with inter-region trade agreements.
Western Economic and Cultural Stressors: Northwest Economic Region and California Central Valley Economic Region
The below map deals with the West Coast. It shows two economic regions set apart from the rest of the United States with white lines. The upper one is the Northwest Economic Region, and the lower one is the California Central Valley Economic Region …
Image: “Western Economic and Cultural Stressors,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: Along the Pacific Coast, two regions delineated by white lines. To the north is the Northwest Economic Region, including the parts of Washington state and Oregon with good rainfall. To the South is the California Central Valley Economic Region (also with good rainfall) … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_topo_en.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image: “Western Economic and Cultural Stressors: Northwest Economic Region and California Central Valley Economic Region,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: Along the Pacific Coast, two regions delineated by white lines. To the north is the Northwest Economic Region, including the parts of Washington state and Oregon with good rainfall. To the South is the California Central Valley Economic Region (also with good rainfall) …
Jade Helm Stressors: A Utah-Colorado Trade Region; a Texas Trade Region; a Mexican Trade Corridor; and a Florida-Caribbean Trade Corridor
This is an interesting map. The Description is below the image …
Image: “Jade Helm Stressors: A Utah-Colorado Trade Region; a Texas Trade Region; a Mexican Trade Corridor; and a Florida-Caribbean Trade Corridor,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: Circled in yellow are two possible regions that might secede from the Union, but with which reciprocal trade agreements might be negotiated. Topmost is a Utah-Colorado Trade Region (which might be divided into two separate areas based on dominant religion). Lower and to the right is a Texas Trade Region comprising what is now eastern, central, and northern Texas. Then there are two southern regions delineated in white. These are regions that might lean favorably towards alliance with Mexico, but with which we might anticipate establishing reciprocal trade agreements. To the left is a Mexican Trade Corridor comprising California from Los Angeles and to the south; the lower halves of Arizona and New Mexico, and the southwestern part of Texas. To the right is the state of Florida, which might lean favorably toward the Caribbean countries, but with which we might anticipate establishing reciprocal trade agreements; this I term the Florida-Caribbean Trade Corridor … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_topo_en.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image: “Jade Helm Stressors: A Utah-Colorado Trade Region; a Texas Trade Region; a Mexican Trade Corridor; and a Florida-Caribbean Trade Corridor,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: Circled in yellow are two possible regions that might secede from the Union, but with which reciprocal trade agreements might be negotiated. Topmost is a Utah-Colorado Trade Region (which might be divided into two separate areas based on dominant religion). Lower and to the right is a Texas Trade Region comprising what is now eastern, central, and northern Texas.
Then there are two southern regions delineated in white. These are regions that might lean favorably towards alliance with Mexico, but with which we might anticipate establishing reciprocal trade agreements.
To the left is a Mexican Trade Corridor comprising California from Los Angeles and to the south; the lower halves of Arizona and New Mexico, and the southwestern part of Texas.
To the right is the state of Florida, which might lean favorably toward the Caribbean countries, but with which we might anticipate establishing reciprocal trade agreements; this I term the Florida-Caribbean Trade Corridor …
As to the Utah-Colorado Trade Region: In Utah, the Mormon faith is very strong. And in Colorado, the Christian faith is very strong. I thought that those two areas of this economic region might pull separately apart, possibly along religious lines.
Southwestern Arid Region: Small Town and Native American Reservation Citadels
This is an interesting map. There is a Description below the image …
Image: “Southwestern Arid Region: Small Town and Native American Reservation Citadels,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: Circled in white is the large Southwestern Arid Region, which might move to more local forms of small town government … as well as continuing with Native American Reservation governments … should the nation become less centralized. This economic region includes the Great Basin, the Great Rocky Mountains, and the western portion of the Great Plains … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_topo_en.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image: “Southwestern Arid Region: Small Town and Native American Reservation Citadels,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: Circled in white is the large Southwestern Arid Region, which might move to more local forms of small town government … as well as continuing with Native American Reservation governments … should the nation become less centralized. This economic region includes the Great Basin, the Great Rocky Mountains, and the western portion of the Great Plains …
This area of the country is very, very arid. One can tell that by the color. I have cordoned off this entire arid zone as an area where Native Americans may establish reservation ‘citadels’ or ‘city towns’ that might act as trading posts for the area, for instance. I consider that they would become more like ‘city states’ if transportation slows down in the United States, and especially in that area, over the centuries.
Central Breadbasket Economic Region
On this map, the area in question is rather green. There is a little yellow, so that part is a little more arid land. It comprises the United States to the west and to the south of the Great Lakes. It includes most of the Mississippi River Valley as well. It looks like this …
Image: “Central Breadbasket Economic Region,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: Circled in green is a Central Breadbasket Economic Region, with plentiful rainfall and good river transportation. This includes the eastern portion of the Great Plains, as well as the area south of the Great Lakes, west of the Appalachians, and north of the Southernmost states … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_topo_en.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image: “Central Breadbasket Economic Region,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: Circled in green is a Central Breadbasket Economic Region, with plentiful rainfall and good river transportation. This includes the eastern portion of the Great Plains, as well as the area south of the Great Lakes, west of the Appalachians, and north of the Southernmost states …
We can anticipate that, if this continues to be a breadbasket area, it could provide food for other economic regions in the United States; and therefore, we would need to maintain some form of transportation to the south and to the east of the Central Breadbasket Region. The question would be whether transportation might be maintained across that vast, arid expanse to the west of the Breadbasket; or whether the Western Seaboard would need to grow its own foodstuffs as transportation became less prevalent.
Possible Future Capital Cities of the United States
Here is the last section, and an interesting one. I have for you three possibilities labeled 0, 1 and 2. The first is Washington, D.C., numbered ‘0’, because that is where the capital of the United States is right now.
Next is Lancaster, Pennsylvania, labeled ‘1’. Long ago, our nation’s capital was Lancaster; so I thought, perhaps one day our capital will be there once more.
And the last is Saint Louis, Missouri, labeled ‘2’. Saint Louis is right in the middle of the Breadbasket. I suggested Saint Louis as the second possibility because the location would be more centralized, and it might pull the other regions together.
Image: “Possible Future Capital Cities of the United States,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 … DESCRIPTION: The current capital of the United States is Washington DC (numbered ‘0’ on the map). Because of the AIDS crisis in Washington DC, and because our nation’s capital was once Lancaster PA, I suggest eventual relocation of the Capital back to Lancaster (numbered ‘1’ on the map). Farther out in time, it may be that Saint Louis, MO (labeled ‘2’) would prove a good location for our nation’s capital … CREDIT: The topographic map is “USA topo en.jpg” [USA Topographical Map], from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA_topo_en.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
Image: “Possible Future Capital Cities of the United States,” adapted by Alice B. Clagett, 6 December 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 …
DESCRIPTION: The current capital of the United States is Washington DC (numbered ‘0’ on the map). Because of the AIDS crisis in Washington DC, and because our nation’s capital was once Lancaster PA, I suggest eventual relocation of the Capital back to Lancaster (numbered ‘1’ on the map). Farther out in time, it may be that Saint Louis, MO (labeled ‘2’) would prove a good location for our nation’s capital …
In the event of decentralization here in the United States, I feel the United States might expect to enjoy three power blocks along geographic lines of the three COVID pacts now in place amongst states in the Eastern States, the Midwest, and the Western States …
The Eastern States Multistate Council to do with COVID consists of the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island …
As well, there is the Midwest Governors Regional Pact” to do with COVID. This consists of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin …
Here is the map of the power blocks for these pacts, which, I feel, may well be expanded to assure continuity of taxation, mail delivery services, securance of real property rights, and local military defense, in the event of decentralization of the United States …
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Blog written and published on 6 December 2019; revised and updated on 2 October 2024; video filmed on 23 February 2022 and published on 26 February 2022 and following
Prior titles: What If the United States Became Less Federal and More Regional in Government? and What If: Will the United States Become Less Centralized?
See also … Link: “Western States Pact and Possible Decentralization of the United States,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 2 June 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-is3 ..
Image: “United States map of 1861, showing affiliation of states and territories regarding secession from the Union at the start of the American Civil War,” by Júlio Reis, 23 February 2007, from English Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Secession_map_1861.svg … CC BY-SA 3.0.
Image: “United States map of 1861, showing affiliation of states and territories regarding secession from the Union at the start of the American Civil War,” by Júlio Reis, 23 February 2007, from English Wikimedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Secession_map_1861.svg … CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dust Bowl Economic Stressor
Image: Map of states and counties affected by the Dust Bowl [1930s], sourced from US federal government dept. (NRCS SSRA-RAD).svg … “Based only on that PNG image. I made this file primarily using QGIS, and the following public domain … https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html shapefiles from census.gov] by Soil Science and Resource Assessment, Resource Assessment Division (NRCS SSRA-RAD) (Division of the U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture), 15 January 2012, from Wikimedia Commons … This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Image: Map of states and counties affected by the Dust Bowl [1930s], sourced from US federal government dept. (NRCS SSRA-RAD).svg … “Based only on that PNG image. I made this file primarily using QGIS, and the following public domain … https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html shapefiles from census.gov] by Soil Science and Resource Assessment, Resource Assessment Division (NRCS SSRA-RAD) (Division of the U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture), 15 January 2012, from Wikimedia Commons … This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Historical Expansion Stressor
Image: “A Map of the United States Showing Land Claims and Cessions from 1782 to 1802,” by Kmusser, in Wikimedia Commons … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_cessions#/media/File:United_States_land_claims_and_cessions_1782-1802.png … CC BY-SA 2.5 Generic … DESCRIPTION: This is a map showing state land claims and cessions from 1782-1802 that I made. The disputed territory between New Hampshire and New York formed, in 1777, the independent country of ‘New Connecticut’ (later renamed ‘Vermont’) which eventually gained admission as the 14th state in 1791. Boundary disputes between states that were resolved before U.S. independence are not shown.
DESCRIPTION: This is a map showing state land claims and cessions from 1782-1802 that I made. The disputed territory between New Hampshire and New York formed, in 1777, the independent country of ‘New Connecticut’ (later renamed ‘Vermont’) which eventually gained admission as the 14th state in 1791. Boundary disputes between states that were resolved before U.S. independence are not shown.
The above map leaves out Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, which were mentioned as being part of the Jade Helm 15 exercise here: “The joint exercise in realistic military training (RMT) known as Jade Helm 15 … was sponsored by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) … and involved the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) with other U.S. Military units in multiple states, including Texas, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Utah.” –from Link: “Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Helm_15_conspiracy_theories ..
This map of the Jade Helm exercises includes the states missing in the map above … Link: “Other information (unconfirmed) suggests that Jade Helm is geographically larger (10 states), involves larger forces and has already started,” in Citizens Journal … https://www.citizensjournal.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jadehelmother.jpg ..
Nuclear Power Plants and Seismic (Earthquake) Safety Survival Factor
Image: “Map prepared for CRS report for Congress: Andrews, Anthony, 2011 ‘Nuclear power plant design and seismic safety considerations’ Library of Congress Congressional Research Service report R41805, May 2, 2011, Washington. p. 22, fig. 8.” Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes list of nuclear reactors with statistics. 2011. Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2011594649/ … from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operating_nuclear_power_plant_sites_vs._seismic_hazards_in_terms_of_percent_gravitational_acceleration_-_(United_States)_LOC_2011594649.jpg …. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Image: “Map prepared for CRS report for Congress: Andrews, Anthony, 2011 ‘Nuclear power plant design and seismic safety considerations’ Library of Congress Congressional Research Service report R41805, May 2, 2011, Washington. p. 22, fig. 8.” Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes list of nuclear reactors with statistics. 2011. Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2011594649/ … from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operating_nuclear_power_plant_sites_vs._seismic_hazards_in_terms_of_percent_gravitational_acceleration_-_(United_States)_LOC_2011594649.jpg …. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
My feeling is, these hiking trails might provide alternative transportation routes if highways are blocked due to natural disasters or highway repair issues …
Image: “This is a map of the Class I Railroads I made using DOT data,” by Kmusser, 9 August 2006, in Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
Image: “This is a map of the Class I Railroads I made using DOT data,” by Kmusser, 9 August 2006, in Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
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6.4 CAVEATS FOR UNITED STATES DOMESTIC TOURISTS top
It may become more difficult to travel from state to state; this may have to do with lack of availability of gasoline, or lack of availability of charging stations for electric cars.
United States tourists may find it less safe to travel to other states. Their lives may even be imperiled while staying in some small towns that are distant from their own residences.
There may be tampering on a local basis with criminal databases, combined with identity theft and synthetic identity fraud, so that a tourist to a small town in a distant state is fraudulently classed as a criminal, and then subjected to local laws whose flavor and whose meeting of criminal punishment differs greatly from those in the tourist’s home town.
For instance, in the visited town euthanasia of senior citizens might be legal. The ‘captured’ tourist might be legally executed on a charge of senile dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. That charge could be made to stick through unrelated, criminal local people swearing on oath that the person is their spouse, swearing that the age is elderly, stating that the person has no money or means of earning it. Then the tourist might be killed and his or her money divvied up amongst the judge and the perjuring criminal.
Other instances: Blue laws and the penalties for child molestation, and the enforcement of these laws differ greatly from state to state. It is easy to assume that what ‘flies’ in one’s own state will ‘fly’ in the tourist town. Then, quick as a whip, a person might find himself behind bars and far from home, and subject to whatever local scam will fleece him of his money.
Another instance: Drug possession laws differ greatly from state to state. The scenario is the same as for Blue laws.
Drug lords may be in possession of the town, as was the case with Baltimore, Maryland, in recent years. If so, anything goes. Best not to set foot there. It is possible that local law enforcement and local court systems in towns ‘captured’ by drug lords might function in ways unexpected by a tourist, because of the threat of death for themselves and their families, and also because of financial inducements by drug lords. In other words, the tourist’s life might be worth a nickel. Maybe less.
A local tradition of bribery of officials is a consideration for tourists. This horse kicks two ways: You might be jailed if you do not bribe; or you might be fined for attempting to bribe. I am at a loss for words here.
Other instances: Homelessness may be considered a cause for euthanasia without court trial. This stance might be set in place by barring a tourist from local motels and hotels, then accosting him or her while asleep in their car.
Suppose a local gas fill-up were to result in a car breakdown 10 miles away, say, in the desert. Suppose the gas station owner had a group of related men who went out to scavenge vehicle parts, wallet and credit cards of the stranded car owner, and leave his bones beneath a Joshua tree.
[In terms of unexpected services rendered, I have encountered a case a little like that here in Los Angeles, where an acupuncturist demanded to see the drivers license after treatment, as a prerequisite to payment for services rendered. I intuited that the health care practitioner has an expensive addiction, and had been sending round family members to the addresses on the drivers licenses of her clients to burglarize the homes to help finance her habit. To prevent the victims from returning … in other words, to ensure a fresh group of people to be burgled … the acupuncturist set the electric needle settings too high, so that her clients received muscle-stunning electric shocks from the needles.]
The tourist’s sanity may be placed in doubt through false testimony by local mail-order psychologists also claiming at the local police station to be the ‘spouse’. This may be a game with many innings.
I intuit that local sheriffs and judges place more weight on testimony of their friends and neighbors than they do on the testimony of strangers. Where you visit, if you travel alone, may have crime gangs that, in cahoots with a sheriff or law enforcement officer, railroading tourists with intent to gain more tourist dollars. This may be more likely in low per capita towns.
There may be a local tradition of kangaroo courts that convict a tourist of this or that without his or her presence in the courtroom. There may be other legal irregularities, such as a crooked judge who holds a kangaroo court session on a Sunday, with written judgment conveyed, but with no online record of a court case. The kangaroo court paper of the crooked judge might be used to ‘capture’ and shake down the tourist. There is a danger of legal murder by euthanasia after the shake down, so as to prevent the tourist from taking legal action against the offending parties after changing the venue to their own home town.
In other words, the law may not be on your side, or it may not take the stance you expect it to take, when you travel to another state. This may become increasingly true with time, that towns in states other than one’s own may prove lethally unfriendly to tourists.
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6.4 NEWS THAT SUPPORTS THE THEORY OF A RETURN TO LIBERTARIANISM top
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However, this includes addiction treatment, healthcare, and lost job productivity in addition to federal drug control expense. As it is the federal drug control expense that would be curtailed by legalization, I looked that up. The federal drug control expense for 2018 is estimated to be $27.8 billion dollars … That would mean the other costs … addiction treatment, healthcare, and lost job productivity … tally about $50.2 billion dollars a year.
It seems to me that generation of jobs is a moot point in the above article, since the jobs are already there, in our economy, but just not included in the job statistics. Further, income tax revenue from legalization of these jobs is included as part of the $132 billion revenue figure in the above article.
So, the important figure there is the $132 billion annual revenue for nationwide legalization of marijuana, I note this figure takes into account payroll tax deductions, a retail sales tax of 15 percent, and business tax revenues, which seems appropriate to me. I note also they are calculating federal revenue rather than state or local revenue (i.e., ‘sin taxes’).
$708.6BESTIMATED INCREASE IN TAX REVENUES FROM NATIONWIDE LEGALIZATION OF ALL RECREATIONAL DRUGS
I was unable to find comparable estimates for generation of revenue from legalization of sales of all categories of recreational drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other recreational drugs. However, this may be estimated as follows:
According to a 2010 Cato Institute report, the ratio of tax revenues for legalization of all drugs, to tax revenues for legalization of marijuana, was 46.7B : 8.7B. For these data, see …
Plugging this ratio into the more recent estimate of $132B annual marijuana revenue, we get:
46.7B / 8.7B = X / 132B … and
X = $708.6B … X being the current estimated annual revenues for legalization of all drugs nationwide.
$686.2B ESTIMATED ANNUAL NET IMPROVEMENT IN THE FEDERAL BOTTOM LINE
This estimate of $708.6B may be on the high side. However, going with this figure, and using the prior bolded figures, let’s consider what federal revenue changes might take place if all recreational drugs were legalized nationwide.
The current $50.2 billion dollar cost for addiction treatment, healthcare, and lost job productivity would stay roughly the same.
The current $27.8 billion dollar annual federal drug control expense would be greatly curtailed.
The current estimated annual revenues for legalization of all drugs nationwide would be $708.6B.
On the plus side for the federal government are the last two bullets: $27.8B plus $708.6B = a total of $736.4B total ‘fattening of the federal coffers’.
This increase in the federal bottom line might resolve the issue of the first-bullet minus: A portion of the federal increase might be set aside to completely cover the $50.2 billion dollar annual cost for addiction treatment, healthcare, and lost job productivity would stay roughly the same.
This would leave a net improvement in the federal bottom line of $736.4B less $50.2B = net $686.2B.
$17B ESTIMATED ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE STATE AND LOCAL BOTTOM LINE DUE TO ‘SIN TAX’ INCREASES
An added plus would be sin taxes on that might optionally be levied by state and local governments. In 2014, state sin taxes for were $32.5B for currently legal activities and products such as alcohol, tobacco, casino, racino, and gaming. The largest category was tobacco at $16.9B.
The retail value of 2017 annual tobacco sales in the United States was about $121B …
From 2000 to 2010, Americans spend about $100B annually on illegal drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine, according to the RAND Drug Policy Research Center for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. This is the most recent figure I have on the market value of illegal drugs in the United States, so I’ll go with this.
Looking at these two figures: 2017 annual tobacco sales at $121B, and 2010 estimated annual illegal drug sales at $100 billion, we might consider these to be roughly equal.
Thus the sin tax on legalized recreational drugs sales might be anticipated to be about what states and local governments receive in annual sin tax for tobacco: that is, about $17B annually.
FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT GET AROUND THE MORAL ISSUE STATES HAVE WITH LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS
This crunching of the figures makes it clear that the most logical thing to do would be to legalize all recreational drugs, and generate federal and state revenues from their sales. However, many people in the United States have strong moral stands on recreational drugs.
In fact, the fury over legalization, or criminalization, of recreational drug use in America today is very similar to the fury over alcohol use that resulted in Prohibition … a ban on alcohol sales and use from 1920 to 1933. As I understand it, criminal activity around ‘bootlegging’ skyrocketed during those years. Then when Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the crime wave abated, and federal and local governments began to benefit from liquor revenues.
I feel we might have the same benefits with regard to recreational drugs in this way …
The federal government might legalize all recreational drug use and sales.
States might have the power to prohibit recreational drug use and sales, either altogether or in part.
Those states that legalize recreational drug use and sales, either altogether or in part, might get the benefit of remuneration by the federal government, based on increased federal revenues from recreational drug sales in their state.
Federal remuneration to states that decide to legalize recreational drugs might be earmarked for drug-use-related health care, addiction treatment, and health education for schools, and for drug users and their families.
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
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Tobacco tax revenues in the United States are expected to be about $14 billion dollars for the year 2018 …
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Activation of Light: Bonobo Gene Patch Activation of Light for World Peace, by the Hathors through Alice B. Clagett
OUR LOCAL SOLAR SYSTEM STAR BRETHREN AND ALIEN ALLIES: RA (THE HATHORS) AND THE ‘GOOD’ MARTIANS
ON OUR GUT BRAIN, BONOBOS AND CHIMPANZEES
Dear Ones,
In this video is the Bonobo gene patch activation of Light for world peace, from the Hathors. An edited Summary follows the video, and after that are several sections that are not in the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
I have an activation of Light … an affirmation that anyone can do … which takes into account free will, and is for peace all over Earth. It is for the creation of peace.
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Activation of Light: Bonobo Gene Patch Activation of Light for World Peace
by the Hathors through Alice B. Clagett 23 November 2016
Spirit to Team! Activate bonobo gene and DNA fix For all heads of state, And for those who have the authority To overrule them in matters of war. Also, for all members of the military, Especially, leadership of the military. And for all members of secret services, Especially, the leaders of secret services. For the All, through Free Will!
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[End of video]
OUR LOCAL SOLAR SYSTEM STAR BRETHREN AND ALIEN ALLIES: RA (THE HATHORS) AND THE ‘GOOD’ MARTIANS
Note that the 3D mechanism of gene repair may be Mobile Group II Introns, that the intelligent 3D assist may be through our home solar system alien allies the ‘good’ Martians, who are ancient, very patient, and very wise, and that such projects may be overseen by our home solar system star brethren the Hathors (those of Ra, who are the Awakened Ones of Venus, whose ancestors are of Sirius. (1)
ON OUR GUT BRAIN, BONOBOS AND CHIMPANZEES
Note that our gut brain, aka the Lower Mental Body, has the instinctive intelligence of our ape ancestors, such as the bonobos and the chimpanzees. Bonobos are pacific, not warlike, whereas chimpanzees, which live just across the Congo River, are relatively aggressive. (2)
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Filmed on 21 November 2016; published on 23 November 2016
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FOOTNOTES
(1) For more on the Martians, see Link: “On Martian Bacteria: Good Martians and Bad Martians,” by Alice B. Clagett, published on 21 November 2016; revised on 9 July 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6qW… and
Link: “The Large Intestine and the Army of the Night,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 19 November 2016; published on 20 November 2016; revised and transcribed on 23 November 2018 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6qi ..
For more on the Hathors, see the “Hathor Archives” at Tom Kenyon’s website … www.tomkenyon.com ..
(2) On the bonobos: “The bonobo ( … Pan paniscus), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, … is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan; the other is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee …
“Along with the common chimpanzee, the bonobo is the closest extant relative to humans … Because the two species are not proficient swimmers, the formation of the Congo River 1.5–2 million years ago possibly led to the speciation of the bonobo. Bonobos live south of the river, and thereby were separated from the ancestors of the common chimpanzee, which live north of the river….
“The bonobo is commonly considered to be more gracile than the common chimpanzee. Although large male chimpanzees can exceed any bonobo in bulk and weight, the two species actually broadly overlap in body size. Adult female bonobos are somewhat smaller than adult males….
“Primatologist Frans de Waal states bonobos are capable of altruism, compassion, empathy, kindness, patience, and sensitivity, … and described “bonobo society” as a “gynecocracy” …
“Observations in the wild indicate that the males among the related common chimpanzee communities are extraordinarily hostile to males from outside the community. Parties of males ‘patrol’ for the neighboring males that might be traveling alone, and attack those single males, often killing them … This does not appear to be the behavior of bonobo males or females, which seem to prefer sexual contact over violent confrontation with outsiders … In fact, the Japanese scientists who have spent the most time working with wild bonobos describe the species as extraordinarily peaceful, and de Waal has documented how bonobos may often resolve conflicts with sexual contact (hence the “make love, not war” characterization for the species)….” –from Link: “Bonobo,” in Wikipedia …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo … Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
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